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Chapter 129 The Mystery of Hulk's Time Travel
"So, what are you going to do with me now?" Inside the Alliance headquarters, Bruce Banner looked at Tony and Levi sitting opposite him, awaiting their "judgment."

“Bruce, we don’t really intend to restrict your freedom, but you also understand how much destruction you could cause if you lose control and transform, and we can’t get there in time… I believe you wouldn’t want to hurt anyone, right?” Levi and Tony exchanged a glance before he spoke.

"So you're planning to lock me up?" Banner chuckled self-deprecatingly, thinking of his girlfriend Betty and colleagues whom he had hurt, and tacitly agreed with Levi's statement.

“Of course we can’t do that, but it’s undeniable that ordinary places are no longer suitable for you to live in, so we’re going to take you to a very special place…where it will also be easier for Dr. Mercer to treat you,” Tony said.

"So, are you planning to send me to some remote mountain forest or a deserted island?" Banner sighed.

"...It is indeed isolated from the world, but it's not some remote mountain forest, much less a deserted island. In fact, there are various countries and civilizations there... although they are somewhat backward compared to the normal world—and you can come back anytime you want, but you know... to ensure the safety of others, you will need our personnel to accompany you when you return," Li Wei said with a smile.

The place he was referring to was undoubtedly a wild and untamed land.

As they say, until Banner is truly in control of himself, wherever he is, he's a ticking time bomb.

Especially in modern society with such a developed internet, once Banner wreaks havoc, his image will inevitably appear on the internet.

Tony will inevitably face immense social pressure at that time—in the original timeline, this pressure was borne by General Ross and the Department of Defense.

But now that Tony has taken Banner from the military, he has to shoulder the pressure.

Therefore, how to properly settle Banner became a very crucial issue.

If Banner is willing to join the league, things will be easier; the league just needs to have someone monitor him at all times.

But Banner clearly has no interest in being a superhero soldier, especially when he can't control himself.

So, just as Li Wei had predicted, he agreed to help the alliance if needed, but refused to join.

Given this, it's not appropriate to keep Banner in the league indefinitely.

This left them with only one option: to relocate Banner to the wilderness—although living in the wilderness also carried the risk of him going berserk, at least there was no internet there.

The Hulk's existence will not be revealed.

As long as the league reacts quickly, even if Hulk goes berserk, it won't easily cause a major incident.

Tony doesn't have to bear various social pressures—after all, he's just the world's richest man, not the world's leader.

Of course, this behavior also carries a sense of "better to sacrifice your fellow Daoists than yourself."

Those who bear the risk of Banner's rampage have shifted from ordinary people on Earth to creatures of the wilderness.

But this is the only option left.

It's impossible to actually imprison Banner.

“I understand… but before I leave, I want to see Betty.” Banner clearly had no idea where he was going. Judging from Levi’s words, he thought he was being sent to Africa or some underdeveloped place.

"Haha, don't worry, we'll let you see Betty, but you should come with us to see the place we've prepared for you first... Trust us, you'll like it... Speaking of which, you might actually have a special connection with that place!" Levi suddenly remembered two things and stroked his chin.

One thing he remembered was that Banner had gone to Antarctica while evading the military, and had even attempted suicide there—only to have the Hulk spit out the bullet. This was why Levi said Banner had a special connection with Antarctica.

The second point is the scene in the movie where Hulk appears on Sakaar.

At the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Hulk boarded the Quinjet alone, exiled himself, and ended up passing through a wormhole and arriving on Sakaar—this simply doesn't make sense.

First of all, flying directly there can be ruled out, because the Quinjet has no space flight capability at all; it is just a high-performance Earth fighter.

Therefore, the only way for Hulk to get to Sakaar with his plane was through a wormhole—and in Thor: Ragnarok, Hulk also told Thor that he did indeed land on Sakaar through a wormhole.

Then comes the problem.

Where did the wormhole that sent Hulk there come from?
Under normal circumstances, unless someone uses the Space Stone, there is virtually no possibility of a natural wormhole appearing on Earth, let alone by chance leading to Sakaar, a planet that is located in a remote corner of the universe, and being encountered by the self-exiled Hulk.

The combined probability is probably about the same as the probability of winning by buying 50,000 lottery tickets individually.

Therefore, Levi is more convinced that the Hulk's teleportation to Sakaar was man-made.

The most suspicious person was Doctor Strange, because as seen in Thor: Ragnarok, the newly appointed Doctor Strange was more meddlesome than the Ancient One.

But the truth is, it couldn't be Doctor Strange—because Doctor Strange hadn't even been created by the time of Avengers: Age of Ultron.

The second suspect is Gu Yi... but the chances of this "King of Slacking Off" are even lower...

Therefore, the Hulk's time travel can be considered one of Marvel's unsolved mysteries.

But in this world, Li Wei learned that there are wild and untamed places in Antarctica, and that a certain guy who loves biological research, namely the Supreme Evolution, would occasionally visit Earth...

Yes, Levi strongly suspects that the Hulk's trip to Sakaar was orchestrated by the Supreme Evolution.

It's very likely that when Hulk exiled himself, his destination was Antarctica, and the Supreme Evolution may have also been in Antarctica at that time.

This guy must have some understanding of Earth, and knew he couldn't handle the Hulk, so he was worried that the Hulk would discover the existence of the Wildlands, which is why he opened a wormhole and sent the Hulk into space—it makes perfect sense.

"Really? Then I'm looking forward to the place you mentioned..." Banner didn't know what Levi was thinking, but the place Levi mentioned did pique his interest.

"Come on, let's explore a whole new world!" Li Wei smiled as he opened a portal to the Wildlands and gestured to Banner.

Without even stepping into the portal, Banner saw the scene on the other side and was immediately stunned.

Because he saw on the other side of the door that an enormous Thunder Dragon was feeding on the leaves of an equally enormous fern.

And pterosaurs were flying in the sky.

Is this really on Earth?
"No doubt about it, this is still Earth, just thousands of meters underground in Antarctica!" Li Wei said with a smile, patting him on the shoulder.

(End of this chapter)